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Here are lots of easy homemade muffin recipes along with tips and add-ins to make your muffins extra yummy! You’ll find a basic muffin recipe, a bran muffin recipe, oatmeal muffins, fruit muffins and lots more! Homemade muffins are super easy to make and these muffin recipes will give you lots of easy options for an easy snack or a delicious addition to any meal!
Homemade Muffin Recipes And Muffin Ideas
Homemade muffin recipes are very easy to make. Mix the liquid ingredients into the dry ingredients and hand stir lightly. Usually, you only need to stir them about 12-15 times. The batter will be very lumpy but that is the way it should be. Homemade muffins are one thing you don’t want to over-mix. Pour them into greased muffin cups about 2/3 full. If you don’t have enough batter to fill all of the cups in the pan, you can fill the empty ones with water if you like. I do this sometimes but not always.
- If you are adding nuts or fruit, mix them in with the dry ingredients before you add the liquids. This keeps them from all falling to the bottom of the muffin.
- Your homemade muffins should come out with rounded tops and a light fluffy texture. If they don’t, there could be a couple of things you are doing wrong:
- Flat heavy muffins with tunnels may mean your oven temperature is too low.
- If the muffin has a lopsided or misshapen peak, the oven temperature could be too high.
- Knobs and peaks on top and long tunnels can also be caused by over-mixing.
Here is a basic homemade muffin mix recipe from Volume 1 of our Dining on A Dime Cookbook:
Basic Homemade Muffin Recipe
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- Author: Jill Cooper
- Yield: 12-15 muffins
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2 cups all-pourpose flour
1/4 cup sugar
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1 egg, beaten
1 cup milk
1/4 cup oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Mix ingredients together.
- Spoon into greased muffin cups, 2/3 full.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Add these ingredients to a basic muffin recipe or mixto liven up your homemade muffins:
- Bacon or Ham – Reduce sugar to 2 Tbsp. and add 1/2 cup chopped bacon or ham
- Blueberries – 1 cup
- Cherries or cranberries – 2/3 cup of cherries or cranberries, mixed with 2 Tbsp. of sugar first
- Dried fruit – 1/2 cup apricots, currants, peaches, figs, prunes, raisins or dates
- Nuts – 1/3 cup chopped
- Cheese – 1/2 cup grated cheese and 1/8 tsp. paprika
- Cornmeal – 1 cup cornmeal and 1 cup flour
- Whole wheat – 1 cup whole wheat flour and 1 cup flour. This is especially good with crumbled bacon.The sky is the limit with what you can add to a muffin mix if you have a hand full of many different things. For example, a little leftover corn would be good in a cornmeal muffin, a few chocolate chips would spruce up lots of different muffins, etc.
Cheddar Muffin Recipe – Easy And Delicious!
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This cheddar muffin recipe is an easy muffin recipe great to throw together when you need an easy side dish! It goes with anything! Chicken, beef or pork! This is one of my husband Mike’s favorite dishes and I know your family will love it too!
- Author: Tawra Kellam
- Yield: 1 dozen muffins
Ingredients
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1 1/2 cups milk (if using mashed potatoes, omit milk)
3/4 cup mashed potato flakes or 2 cups mashed potatoes
1 egg
1/3 cup vegetable oil
1 cup Cheddar cheese, shredded
1 2/3 cups all-purpose flour
3 Tbsp. sugar
2 Tbsp. chives, cut into small pieces
1 Tbsp. parsley, dried
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Bring the milk to a boil in a saucepan.
- Remove from heat and stir in potato flakes. Let stand for 2 minutes.
- Whip with a fork until smooth. Let it cool slightly.
- Beat the egg, cheese and oil into the mashed potatoes.
- Combine the remaining ingredients in a separate bowl.
- Stir into the potato mixture just until moistened.
- Fill greased or lined muffin cups 3/4 full.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
- Cool for 5 minutes.
- Remove from pan.
This homemade bran muffins recipe is an easy muffin recipe that makes muffins so moist and delicious you won’t believe that they didn’t come right out of the Amish bakery. You can make the batter up for the week and just take out what you need each day to make fresh homemade muffins in a snap!
Easy Homemade Bran Muffins Recipe – Amish Bran Muffins
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This easy homemade bran muffins recipe makes muffins that are so moist and delicious you won’t believe that they didn’t come right out of the Amish bakery!
- Author: Jill Cooper
- Yield: 30-35 muffins
Ingredients
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5 cups all-purpose flour
5 tsp. baking soda
2 tsp. salt
2 tsp. allspice
3 cups sugar
4 eggs
1 cup oil
2 tsp. vanilla
4 cups (1 qt.) buttermilk
1 (20 oz.) box raisin bran flakes
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Mix all of the ingredients together. The batter will be lumpy.
- Fill muffin cups or tins 2/3 full of the batter.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Notes
- This recipe keeps in the refrigerator a long time so it is great if you are short on time. The batter can be kept refrigerated for up to 6 weeks.
- Because these muffins include cereal as an ingredient, you can buy cereal on sale, use coupons or buy generic brands to keep it inexpensive.
This easy muffin recipe is Mom’s best homemade sweet muffins recipe, which makes moist, sweet and delicious muffins! It is our most favorite muffins recipe! Our family loves them and your family and friends are sure to love them, too!
Mom’s Best Homemade Sweet Muffins Recipe
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- Author: Jill
- Yield: 1 dozen muffins
Ingredients
1 egg
1/2 cup buttermilk
1/4 cup vegetable oil
1/2 cup sugar
1 1/2 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. soda
1 1/2 cups flour
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Mix all the ingredients in a bowl. The batter will be slightly lumpy.
- Place batter 2/3 full into greased muffin tins or muffin tins lined with papers.
- Bake 15-20 minutes.
This oatmeal muffins recipe is an easy muffin recipe that EVERYONE loves! You can add blueberries, cranberries, chocolate chips, raisins to the recipe to add some pizzaz!
This is a great muffin recipe to use to teach the kids to start helping out in kitchen! Let them choose what add-ins to put in and then they can take the muffins in lunches or for an after school snack!
This recipe is in volume 1 of our cookbook.
Easy Oatmeal Muffins Recipe
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This easy oatmeal muffins recipe is super easy to make and EVERYONE love them! You can easily add berries, chocolate chips, raisins to add extra pizzaz!
- Author: Tawra Kellam
- Yield: 1 dozen
Ingredients
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1 cup quick cooking oatmeal
1/2 cup packed brown sugar
1 cup all-purpose flour
1 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/2 tsp. cinnamon (optional)
1 cup buttermilk
1 egg
1/2 cup vegetable oil
1 cup raisins (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Mix all ingredients in the order listed. The batter will be lumpy.
- Spoon batter into greased muffin tins, 2/3 full.
- Bake 15-20 minutes. Makes 1 dozen.
These oatmeal muffins can be frozen up to 6 months.
Applesauce Muffins Recipe – Easy And Delicious!
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This applesauce muffin recipe makes incredibly delicious muffins that your family and friends will love! These muffins are super moist and they’re great for parties, get-togethers and kids snacks!
Ingredients
2 cups all purpose flour
1/2 cup sugar
4 tsp. baking powder
1/2 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp cinnamon
1/4 tsp nutmeg
1 egg
1 1/2 cups applesauce
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
1/2 cup chopped apple (optional)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 425°.
- Stir all ingredients by hand until mixed. Don’t over mix.
- Bake 20 minutes.
Applesauce Muffins Topping
While baking the applesauce muffins, combine:
3 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
1/4 cup butter or margarine, melted
- Melt 1/4 cup butter or margarine.
- While the muffin are still hot, dip them in butter and then in the sugar mix.
- Set aside for a few minutes to cool and to let the topping harden.
Notes
You can add some blueberries or cranberries to these muffins to kick them up a notch.
Many of these easy homemade muffins recipes are from our Dining On A Dime Cookbook,Volume 1:
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Sour Cream Blueberry Muffin Recipe
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This easy sour cream blueberry muffin recipe makes moist and delicious blueberry muffins! This is a classic blueberry muffin recipe everyone will love!
- Author: Jill Cooper
Ingredients
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2 cups biscuit mix
3/4 cup sugar
2 eggs
1 cup (8 oz.) sour cream
1 cup fresh or frozen blueberries
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 375°.
- Mix ingredients in order just until combined.
- Fold in blueberries.
- Pour into greased muffin tins 3/4 full.
- Sprinkle with a little sugar on top.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
Notes
- Take these muffins to the next level! When you first take them out of the oven, dip the tops into melted butter and then in a mix of cinnamon and sugar.
Pecan Pie Muffins Recipe
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This quick and easy pecan pie muffins recipe is easy to make and tastes just like homemade pecan pie! It ‘s convenient and great for lunches and parties!
- Author: Tawra Kellam
Ingredients
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1 cup chopped pecans
1 cup brown sugar
1/2 cup all-purpose flour
2 eggs
1/2 cup (stick) butter or margarine, melted
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Combine the first 3 ingredients.
- In a separate bowl beat the eggs until foamy.
- Add butter.
- Pour the egg mixture into the dry ingredients.
- Blend until moistened. Don’t over-blend.
- Pour into muffin tins with papers.
- Bake for 20-25 minutes.
This easy Homemade Butterscotch Muffins Recipe is an easy variation on homemade muffins that your family will love! It makes a delicious treat that’s great for breakfast or a snack! If you like homemade muffins, this is a recipe you’ll definitely want to try!
Easy Butterscotch Muffins Recipe
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This easy butterscotch muffins recipe makes moist and tasty butterscotch flavored muffins with a crumbly cinnamon and sugar topping that’s sure to please!
- Author: Tawra Kellam
Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1 (3.4 oz.) pkg. instant butterscotch pudding
1 (3.4 oz.) pkg. instant vanilla pudding
2 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1 cup water
4 eggs
1 tsp. vanilla
3/4 cup vegetable oil
Butterscotch Muffins Topping
2/3 cup brown sugar, packed
2 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup nuts, ground (walnuts, pecans, almonds, etc.)
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Mix all ingredients just until moistened. Try not to overmix.
- Pour into greased or paper lined muffin cups so they’re 2/3 full.
- Mix topping and sprinkle on the batter.
- Bake 15-20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
Baking Mix Muffins Recipe
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This easy baking mix muffin recipe makes delicious muffins in just minutes with our homemade baking mix, Bisquick or your favorite baking mix recipe.
- Author: Tawra Kellam
- Yield: 12-15 muffins
Ingredients
2 1/4 cup baking mix
1/4 cup sugar
1 egg
3/4 cup water
1/3 cup vegetable oil
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Mix dry baking mix and sugar.
- Add egg, water and vegetable oil to dry ingredients.
- Mix only enough to moisten the flour. The batter will be lumpy.
- Fill greased muffin tins two-thirds full.
- Bake for 20 minutes.
Notes
- For an added surprise fill each muffin cup halfway and then add a spoonful of jelly. Top with more batter.
- Add raisins, cinnamon or nuts for gourmet muffins.
This homemade apple cinnamon muffin mix makes super yummy muffins which are great for all kinds of occasions and make great easy gifts in a jar! They’re great for breakfast, after school snacks, as an addition to a family meal and more! Our family loves them and you will, too!
Apple Cinnamon Muffin Recipe And Gift Mix
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This homemade apple cinnamon muffin mix makes super yummy muffins which are great for all kinds of occasions and make great easy gifts in a jar!
- Author: Tawra Kellam
- Yield: 12-15 muffins
Ingredients
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Muffin Ingredients
2 cups all-purpose flour
1/2 tsp. baking soda
1/4 tsp. salt
1 tsp. baking powder
1 tsp. cinnamon
1/2 cup raisins and/or nuts
Topping Ingredients
3 Tbsp. sugar
1/4 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. nutmeg
Instructions
- In a bowl, mix together the first 5 ingredients.
- Place in an airtight container. Package raisins and nuts separately.
- Mix topping ingredients in a bowl. Package in a small cellophane bag.
To Make Into A Jar Mix:
Attach this note to the jar:
Apple Cinnamon Muffin Mix
To prepare, preheat oven to 350°.
Mix together:
Apple Cinnamon Muffin Mix raisins and/or nuts
1 cup apple juice
2 Tbsp. butter, oil or margarine, melted
1/2 cup applesauce
Stir just until combined. Spoon into lightly greased muffin tins and bake for 20-25 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean. While still warm, dip each muffin into the melted butter and then the topping. Makes 12-15 muffins.
Holiday Muffins Mix Recipe – Easy Gift In A Jar!
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This easy holiday muffins mix recipe makes tasty muffins with all the flavor of the holidays! You can make the entire recipe yourself or make the mix for a delightful gift in a jar for friends, family, teachers or anyone who might like a tasty edible gift! These are also great after school snacks for kids! You can find this recipe in our Dining On A Dime Cookbook Volume 1.
- Author: Tawra Kellam
- Yield: Makes 15-18 muffins
Ingredients
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3 cups all purpose flour
1 cup sugar
1/2 cup dry milk
1 Tbsp. baking powder
1 tsp. salt
1/2 tsp. nutmeg
1 1/2 tsp. cinnamon
1/4 tsp. cloves
Instructions
- Combine all ingredients.
- Place mix in a one quart jar.
Attach this note to the jar:
Holiday Muffins
1 egg, slightly beaten
1 1/4 cups water
1/4 cup oil
1 jar Holiday Muffin Mix
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Grease muffin tins.
- Pour Holiday Muffins Mix into a bowl.
- Add other ingredients and stir until moistened. Do not overmix.
- Fill muffin tins 1/2 full.
- Bake 10-15 minutes or until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Immediately remove from the pan and serve warm.
Makes 15-18 muffins.
2 Ingredient Pumpkin Muffins Recipe
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This Easy Pumpkin Muffin Recipe is a two ingredient recipe starting with cake mix that’s easy and yummy! It’s a quick and easy treat that’s a great way to use extra pumpkin or pumpkin that you got on sale!
- Author: Sarah D.
Ingredients
1 cake mix (any flavor works, but chocolate is our hands down favorite!)
1 can pumpkin or 2 cups mashed cooked pumpkin
1 cup mini chocolate chips (optional)
Instructions
- Beat the ingredients together with an electric mixer until smooth. (It will be really thick.)
- Add 1 cup mini chocolate chips and stir.
- Line muffin tins with paper muffin cups and spray with non-stick spray.
- Use an ice cream scoop to put the batter into the muffin cups. (I can get 24 from one box of mix.)
- Bake at 350° for 20 minutes, until a toothpick inserted in the center comes out clean.
- Cool and frost if desired.
Notes
- My family likes these muffins just as they are when they are hot from the oven.
- Spice cake mix is great – add white chocolate chips, peanut butter chips or butterscotch chips.
- I have made pumpkin muffins with white cake mix and yellow cake mix too. They have around 120 calories a piece with the mini chocolate chips and are virtually fat free. If you are on weight watchers they only count as 1 point.
- This is a fabulous way to sneak some vitamin A rich veggies in on the kids. Just don’t let them see you put the pumpkin into the muffins and they will never know it is there. These are more moist than name brand very expensive double chocolate chip muffins.
Easy Cinnamon Muffins Recipe
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This easy cinnamon muffins recipe is actually an un-muffins recipe because it is prepared in a cake pan. It is an easy recipe to modify box packaged muffins to make them seem more homemade! Homemade taste without the work!
- Author: Jill Cooper
Ingredients
1 pkg. muffin mix (banana, blueberry, apple etc.)
1/3 cup brown sugar
1 tsp. cinnamon
nuts, optional
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 350°.
- Grease an 8 or 9 inch square pan.
- Mix muffin mix gently in the pan according to the package directions.
- Mix sugar and cinnamon.
- Sprinkle over the top of the muffin mixture along with the nuts.
- Bake for 25 to 35 minutes or until done. A toothpick inserted in the center should come out clean when it is done.
Corn Dog Muffin Recipe
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- Author: Jill Cooper
Ingredients
2 (8 1/2 oz.) pkgs. cornbread mix
2 Tbsp. brown sugar
1 cup milk
2 eggs
4-5 hot dogs or 6–7 little smokies, sliced or chopped
Instructions
- Preheat oven to 400°.
- Mix cornbread mic and brown sugar.
- Stir in milk and eggs, just until moist. Don’t over-mix. The batter will be thin.
- Add hot dogs.
- Pour into paper-lined muffin tins, about half full.
- Bake for 15 minutes or until golden brown.
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- Bea
I love muffins and these ideas are great!
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- Bea
I wanted to tell you Jill that I made muffins using this formula the other day. I used 1-1/2 cups of flour, 1/2 cup oatmeal and 1 cup pineapple chunks, along with the rest of the recipe and made Pineapple Oatmeal Muffins. I wanted to use up some pineapple I had in the refrigerator and added the oatmeal for some fiber, and they came out great. I also made that soup recipe you had on the blog with contains tomato juice, hot sauce, potatoes and a bag of frozen vegetables to have a meatless supper for Lent. Thanks for the recipes. Very good.
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- Jill
Bea that is another new one for me. I have never had pineapple muffins before but they sound good. I wonder if you could add some coconut and nuts. Yum.
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- Cathy
I’ve made pineapple muffins before using a Starbucks Pumpkin Muffin recipe, and instead of pumpkin, using pineapple. The Starbuck’s recipe has a cream cheese filling, which I also made for the pineapple muffins. They were fantastic. Just mentioning it, because you should try making the filling for your muffins.
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- Bea
I think coconut, or nuts, or both, would be good too. The pineapple I used were canned chunks, and it was nice to bite into a muffin and have a nice whole chunk of pineapple there. Yummy. What I like about the muffin formula is you can add whatever hits your fancy or whatever you want to use up. Did you ever hear of pumpkin blueberry muffins? I found a recipe for that and want to try that combo too.
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- Jill
No Bea I haven’t but like you say the combinations are endless.
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- gertrud
hello,
I make muffins very frequently and found that instead of the 1/4 c. oil you can substitute 1/4 c.applesauce. Cuts down on calories and tastes wonderful. EnjoyReply
- rose
i often wondered about this myself gertrud .. i know when i bake a cake i use the applesauce instead of the oil .. but i never used it for the muffins .. i will have to try that ..
and bea .. great idea’s on different kinds of muffins .. yummy :DReply
- Sharon
I use buttermilk in my muffins and they have a more moist texture. I use a variety of dried fruits and NO sugar and they turn out wonderful each time.
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- Deb k
Do you measure how much dried fruits you add ( is it the same amount as the sugar you are leaving out? ) ? Thanks for the help, I think it’s a great idea to substitute fruit for sugar.
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- Jill
You can add as little or much of fruit that you prefer in yours and it isn’t the same amount as the sugar you delete, that you can be adjusted too
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- Bea
Jill, Did you ever add choc chips to your banana bread recipe from your cookbook? I want to make the banana bread recipe tonight as MUFFINS as you suggested, and I will add cinnamon chips I have. I have made banana bread in the past with chocolate chips and it is real good.
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- Jill
Bea I haven’t tried the chocolate chips but I know others who have and who love it. I have never heard of cinnamon chips before. I bet those would be good in many things.
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- Bea
Jill, I found the cinnamon chips at a store that sells discounted products and foods. It’s called Ollie’s Bargain Outlet. They have stores in 10 states. It has wonderful things in it. Even discounted Christian books. The cinnamon chips are great. They are real good in sugar cookies and quick breads, so I’m anxious to try them in the Banana Muffins.
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- Kim
My daughter likes to bake so I am putting this on the inside of my pantry door. Thank you! This is great!
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- kristy sanchez
These are so easy and very good :)
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- Bea
Potato Muffins
1 egg
2/3 cup milk
1-1/2 cups flour
2 tablespoons sugar
3 teaspoons baking powder
1 teaspoon salt
1-1/2 cups mashed potatoes (prepared with milk and butter)
1 tablespoon minced fresh parsley
In a bowl, beat egg and milk. Combine the flour, sugar, baking powder and salt; stir into egg mixture just until moistened. Fold in potatoes and parsley. Fill greased muffin cups 2/3 full. Bake at 400 degrees 30-35 minutes. When done let sit 5 minutes before removing from pan. Good with soup.Reply
- Mary C in Iowa
Can’t wait to try some of these ideas! I sometimes use Christy’s Zucchini Bread recipe from southernplate.com to make yummy muffins. I use golden raisins instead of regular raisins-a little more expensive but well worth the difference, and I sprinkle the tops with turbinado sugar. The result is a fabulous tasting, fancy looking muffin treat. I usually bake these for my husband’s classes at the end of the semester and they are always a hit!
Have a great day, everyone!Reply
- Michele
my three favorite muffin recipes are buttermilk muffins, cinnamon sugar muffins and moms sweet muffins. these never last at my house.
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- margie
I was looking for a basic muffin mix and came across your site. after putting them in the oven I came across a lot more almost all said to add an egg, hope these turn out without the egg?
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- Jill
This recipe here did say to add one egg. I didn’t know if you over looked it or just didn’t have an egg. They will probably be eatable just will have a different texture.
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- Harriet Schauman
I was browsing and looked up home made muffins and came across this sight. It was so timely because I’m hosting a Communion Breakfast at my church next Sat. and I was trying to decide what to have to go with a baked omlet & sausage and fresh fruit. Different kinds of muffins will work just fine. Thank you.
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- Harriet Schauman
Not sure what you mean?
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- Jill
I’m not sure what your question is Harriet?
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- Genni
im 15 and love to bake i was craving some muffins n stumbled apon this recipe n i tried it yesterday … ooooh were they sooo good i added some fresh bluberry (fav flavor of muffin) n was great! i used a little more oil just so the texture can be more soft n not too dry this recipe helped n was very usefull thanks jill
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- Kali
Thanks for the recipe. We went to the beach and I took the dry mix and added the wet ingredients (including blueberries) when I ready to bake them. I didn’t have a muffin tin so I baked in a small casserole dish. I melted some butter,added powdered sugar,milk and a touch of vanilla and made a glaze that I just poured over the “bread”. Good gracious, this was delicious. Thanks again!!
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- claris
i don’t have a muffin tray but can use aluminum cup (like muffin size type) instead? will the muffin com eout clean?
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- Jill
It should just be sure to grease and flour it real well the way you do when baking a cake. Also it might help to run a knife around the edge of the can before you try to get it out after it has baked. If you want to bother with it you could place a small bit of wax paper that fits the bottom of the cup then pour the batter it but that would be a little more work and I don’t think you really need it.
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- claris
i don’t have a muffin tray can i use aluminum cup (muffin cup size) instead. will the muffin come out clean?
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- kathryn
I would like to make Butter Rum Muffins. Using your basic recipe, how much butter rum extract would I use? Would I use the extract or another form?
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- Jill
I would use the extract and just add a few drops or a capful, taste the batter and add more if it needs it. It really would be to your own personal taste.
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- Sandra
This looks wonderful. I was wondering if it could be baked in a loaf pan as a quick bread?
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- Jill
You know Sandra you usually can do that with these recipes but have never tried it with this one. I would turn down the temp. to about 375 or 350 degrees and maybe cook it a few minutes longer if you do try it.
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- Chris Olgers
I made this, this morning. Thay are very good.I put blackberrys in them. Not to sweet. Don’t stir to much, you will have a nice crown on top.
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- Naz
Thanks for the great recipe Jill. Today I baked for the first time in my life and my muffins were great . There was just a little problem. I added chocolate chips and they all sunk and sat at the bottom of the muffins. What can I do to prevent that?
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- Jill
Next time you might try tossing them in some of the flour you are using. This sometimes helps to keep them evenly distributed. You need to do this with nuts or fruit that you use too.
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- Debbie
I’m in Fort Collins, CO at about 5000′ do I need to make any changes or follow the instructions as is? We’ve only been here 3 years and I am still learning about high altitude baking.
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- Jill
Debbie you may have to make a few changes. I never worried too much or changed a recipe when I lived there and didn’t notice too much of a difference. There are some things though like it takes most things twice as long to boil and cook that way and sometimes there are a couple of little adjustments. Here is a site that will help you with tips on what to do.
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- Mary Jane
Muffins are such a versatile food. They can be for breakfast, a snack, lunch boxes, part of a larger meal, or for coffee. They can be savoury or sweet. We often have them for breakfast or coffee. Leftovers freeze well. They are a lifesaver for frugal families.
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- Karen
Hi there I just made them and just wondering is the batter suppose to be very thick ..
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- Jill
Thicker than pancake batter but not as thick as cookie dough if that helps.
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- amy mccormick
I baked these muffins this morning, with blueberries and walnuts. I was a little dubious as there is less sugar in this recipe than I usually put in, and more milk, and with only one egg, I wondered if they would bind well. As if I even know what I am talking about. Well they came out fantastic – nice and fluffy. Not mushy, despite the enormous amount of blueberries I put in. Blueberry muffins are the favorite of one of my 4 year old twin girls and she was VERY excited.
I have learned that Tawra and Jill are to be trusted in all matters!(side note: when I get peanut butter, if there is oil that has risen to the top, I drain it off and save it. I used this peanut oil in the muffins today and they turned out great – no strange mysterious peanut flavor added)
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- Anna
I like making the “Mom’s Sweet Muffins” from my Dining on a dime cookbook. I have put both fresh and frozen fruit in them as well as chocolate chips and they turn out wonderful every time! Never though to use the basic muffin recipe and add “breakfast” ingredients.
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- Angie
I was wondering if there is a way of using unsweetened applesauce in place of regular applesauce, if so do I need to adjust other ingredients for sweetness?
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- Jill
You can use either sweetened or unsweetened. If you are like me and have a sweet tooth you could add 2-3 extra Tbsp. of sugar but you don’t have too
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- Amanda Ashley
I’ve never considered using bacon in muffins, but I’m sure my husband would like it if I did! I’m going to try it, thanks for the idea!
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- Cheri newman
These muffins look great can’t wait to give them a try thanks for sharing.
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- Cheri newman
These look really good can’t wait to try all of them
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- Shelley
You are so fun! Love all the information and recipes y’all put out. ❤️
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- Jill
Thank you so much Shelley!
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- Pat
Can you use canned jellied cranberry sauce in any of these recipes?
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- Jill
I don’t think canned jellied cranberry sauce would really work to well.
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